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Dolcoathguy Joined: 21/05/2008 Location: Camborne, Cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Williams Shaft, Dolcoath
Posted: 29/07/2011 07:34:55 Reply | Quote Tried to have a look last weekend but found it has become a Traveller's Caravan site. Rather an odd choice as with a few caravans it is full. At least it is not easily spotted by the Council from their offices. This site is not well known outside Mining enthusiasts and despite restoration a while a go, has been vandalised, neglected and now overun, yet it is one of the few public sites where electric winding was used with some remains in situ.  (Correction: Should be electric pumping NOT winding!) -- Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet? IP: 78.149.35.79 Edited: 13/08/2011 08:35:30 by Dolcoathguy |
derrickman Joined: 18/02/2009 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 29/07/2011 07:48:45 Reply | Quote I notice that the Great Flat Lode Trail website does not mention Dolcoath, but its piece on Crofty ( although not part of the trail ) only covers events up to 2006, states that it is unlikely to open again, and is intended to be subject to a CPO http://www.cornwallinfocus.co.uk/history/scrofty.php -- Mongo only pawn in game of life ... IP: 86.30.241.199 |
agricola Joined: 28/10/2007 Location: In a book View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 29/07/2011 09:12:11 Reply | Quote Says a lot for being a World Heritage Site  -- If it can't be grown it has to be mined. IP: 81.137.244.112 |
spitfire Joined: 22/04/2008 Location: Camborne View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 01/08/2011 09:44:17 Reply | Quote Dolcoathguy wrote: Tried to have a look last weekend but found it has become a Traveller's Caravan site. Rather an odd choice as with a few caravans it is full. At least it is not easily spotted by the Council from their offices. This site is not well known outside Mining enthusiasts and despite restoration a while a go, has been vandalised, neglected and now overun, yet it is one of the few public sites where electric winding was used with some remains in situ. Traveller's have also moved in at Grenville -- spitfire IP: 86.175.20.85 |
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Dolcoathguy Joined: 21/05/2008 Location: Camborne, Cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Williams Shaft, Dolcoath
Posted: 01/08/2011 12:57:41 Reply | Quote Bumped into some people I know who regularly walk the Great Flat lode trial, apparently the caravans have been at William's shaft for several weeks now. It might mean the council maybe forced to tidy up the site and do what they did at South Wheal Frances with low entry crossbars and granite blocks, if they have any money left that is. Perhaps it is the same crowd that went to South Wheal Frances last time? -- Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet? IP: 194.126.226.123 |
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agricola Joined: 28/10/2007 Location: In a book View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 01/08/2011 14:22:04 Reply | Quote I hope nothing has been dumped down the shaft, don't want the water getting polluted or having stuff hang up. -- If it can't be grown it has to be mined. IP: 81.137.244.112 |
ICLOK Joined: 19/02/2008 Location: Ripley, Derbyshire up North. View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 01/08/2011 18:12:23 Reply | Quote Interesting this... I did my NAMHO talk on Sunday and was clear that there were troubles ahead keeping our newly won Heritage in good order... and most people were in real agreement... sadly its gonna fall down to groups and individuals as the money is going to get ever thinner on the ground! -- Beware the Frankendoodle IP: 78.150.160.11 |
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DaveC_24 Joined: 05/08/2011 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 05/08/2011 19:43:26 Reply | Quote When I went up there earlier this week, there were still caravans there. I didn't try and enter the site, so I don't know how they would react to someone wanting to have a look. It's a shame in that as mentioned earlier it's a little-known site and one place that I find is often good for a quiet place to sit with a decent view and not too far from home! IP: 91.125.102.105 |
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1944pam Joined: 13/11/2009 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Williams Shaft, Dolcoath
Posted: 12/08/2011 15:22:10 Reply | Quote Just a point - the winder there was the famous steam traversing winder. Long after the mine closed the shaft was used as a water supply for the chemical warfare establishment at Nancekuke (old Portreath airfield). The remains of the sub-station there was, I think, put in for this. IP: 84.13.248.25 |
stuey Joined: 15/08/2007 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Williams Shaft, Dolcoath
Posted: 12/08/2011 21:47:07 Reply | Quote Dolcoathguy wrote: Bumped into some people I know who regularly walk the Great Flat lode trial, apparently the caravans have been at William's shaft for several weeks now. It might mean the council maybe forced to tidy up the site and do what they did at South Wheal Frances with low entry crossbars and granite blocks, if they have any money left that is. Perhaps it is the same crowd that went to South Wheal Frances last time? I gather Cornwall Council have got a fair few million of OUR MONEY stashed away for a rainy day. However, I doubt it will prevent them from politically axing frontline services to demonstrate the right wing awfulness of awful tories. Burn county hall IMO. IP: 87.112.151.63 |
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Dolcoathguy Joined: 21/05/2008 Location: Camborne, Cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 13/08/2011 08:31:39 Reply | Quote Re Winder - Yes sorry the Winder (a Morgan's traversing drum) was steam powered (it was this that moved on the rails) and the pump was electric, Keep getting them confused. Well spotted!  -- Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet? IP: 78.149.35.79 |
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Cyril Maurice Joined: 13/10/2008 Location: West Yorkshire View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 28/08/2011 21:26:32 Reply | Quote Is it still a no go area as I am visiting the Great Flat lode trail for a photo session in November. IP: 2.220.199.186 |
Roy Morton Joined: 09/10/2007 Location: Redruth Cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 29/08/2011 02:28:05 Reply | Quote This site was vandalised by some chav local who pulled down the gable end to use the stone to build a garage - alegedly. It was a good while later that the council, with free money from someplace and no real interest in heritage, decided to do some renovations. A large steel frame was set up inside to consolidate and brace the remaining walls. All too late though and now it's a site for the travellers who will probably strip the steel for scrap. Anyway, I thought it would be a good opportunity to re-post this shot of the winder from the Holmans 1900 catalogue. (click image to open full size image in new window) -- 'Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear' IP: 86.144.209.74 |
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spitfire Joined: 22/04/2008 Location: Camborne View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 29/08/2011 15:15:14 Reply | Quote The gable blew down in a hurricane Roy -- spitfire IP: 86.175.123.103 |
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Roy Morton Joined: 09/10/2007 Location: Redruth Cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Williams Shaft, Dolcoath
Posted: 29/08/2011 22:31:39 Reply | Quote Thanks for that Paul, but I think the stone still went to the same place  -- 'Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear' IP: 86.144.209.74 |
carnkie Joined: 07/09/2007 Location: camborne, cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 30/08/2011 23:41:51 Reply | Quote spitfire wrote: The gable blew down in a hurricane Roy Not possible because hurricanes cannot occur in the UK. -- The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. IP: 78.145.140.76 |
SimonRL Joined: 27/11/2005 Location: North Wales View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Williams Shaft, Dolcoath
Posted: 31/08/2011 00:03:33 Reply | Quote carnkie wrote: spitfire wrote: The gable blew down in a hurricane Roy Not possible because hurricanes cannot occur in the UK. Anyway, back to mines... -- Remember there is nothing to be gained by trying to get away. IP: 95.148.1.231 |
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Roy Morton Joined: 09/10/2007 Location: Redruth Cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Williams Shaft, Dolcoath
Posted: 31/08/2011 00:38:51 Reply | Quote carnkie wrote: spitfire wrote: The gable blew down in a hurricane Roy Not possible because hurricanes cannot occur in the UK. Didn't Michael Fish say something similar?  -- 'Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear' IP: 86.144.209.74 |
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carnkie Joined: 07/09/2007 Location: camborne, cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
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Posted: 31/08/2011 01:20:38 Reply | Quote Roy Morton wrote: carnkie wrote: spitfire wrote: The gable blew down in a hurricane Roy Not possible because hurricanes cannot occur in the UK. Didn't Michael Fish say something similar? [/quoteHe did indeed but he is oft misquoted on this but 1987 was not a hurricane. I can't go into any more details as I've been warned off by Simon.  -- The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. IP: 89.242.58.70 |
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Dolcoathguy Joined: 21/05/2008 Location: Camborne, Cornwall View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Williams Shaft, Dolcoath
Posted: 03/09/2011 15:31:58 Reply | Quote In the thunderstorm of last Saturday night, Carn Entral took a direct lightning strike. It threw trip switches over 500 yds away (well thats where I am)... I would expect any visitors to the site may be going soon with conditions like that...As well as a small river coming down the road and emptying into the site -- Is it safe to come out of the bunker yet? IP: 89.241.103.221 |
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